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• British Ecological Society - International Climate Legislation 462493
• CAT Climate Target Update Tracker 462466
• Centre for Climate Engagement - Law for Climate Action 462463
• Climate Change Laws of the World 462454
• Climate Change Act 2008 - Gov.uk 462455
• European Commission - European Climate Law 462456
• Financial Times 462460
• NY Times 462464
• 'Highly Inspiring' Court Ruling Affirms Nations' Legal Duty to Combat Climate Emergency - CD 04.07.25 478075
• Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures - CFR 21.01.25 462472
• Five EU countries accused of breaking European climate law - Carbon Pulse 07.11.24 462476
• Essential features of a National Climate Law - ECIU 14.10.24 462485
• New global climate commitments critical – but strong national laws must follow - Climate Home News 26.09.24 462482
• The UK’s Climate Change Act, once the envy of the world, faces a stress test - Conversation 24.04.24 462465
• Climate law: what is it good for? (Absolutely nuthin’?) - Green Economy Coalition 24.04.24 462484
• Impacts of climate framework laws: lessons from Germany, Ireland and New Zealand - LSE 14.03.24 462468
• When do climate change legislation and clean energy policies matter for net-zero emissions? - Science Direct 03/24 462486
• Pursuing inclusive climate action through climate change framework laws: examples from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Finland and South Korea - LSE 23.02.24 462494
• How can the law fight climate change? - Client Earth 24.10.23 462488
• With Climate Crisis Deepening Worldwide, Third Committee Urges States to Ramp Up Environmental Legislation, Provide Funding to Hard-Hit Developing Nations - UN 19.10.23 462477
• Which Countries Have The Strictest Environmental Laws? - Lawyer Portal 12.10.23 462475
• When Is a Climate Target “Legally Binding”? - IP quarterly 28.09.23 462473
• Analysis: UK government’s climate U-turns put legally binding targets in jeopardy - Carbon Brief 20.09.23 462497
• How 6 countries are fighting climate change with legislation - IPU 10.11.22 462461
• From COP26 to COP27: 4 climate laws passed in the last year - Agora 09.11.22 462478
• How the Climate Change Act helped us hold the government to account - Friends of the Earth 17.10.22 462491
• What is climate change legislation? - LSE 04.10.22 462453
• Top Countries in the Race to Net Zero Emissions - Net0 17.03.22 462467
• Global climate laws falling short on reducing emissions, ClientEarth report finds - Client Earth 07.09.21 462481
• How well do climate laws help reduce global warming? - LSE 02.08.21 462483
• Global Lessons from Climate Change Legislation and Litigation - U Chicago, 2021 462489
• What Are Climate Laws and Why Do We Need Them? - CLF 03.12.20 462487
• The impact of strategic climate legislation: evidence from expert interviews on the UK Climate Change Act - T&F 16.09.20 462458
• Can climate change legislation keep its momentum? - LSE 11.09.20 462470
• How Do You Tell If Climate Laws Really Work? Start By Counting Them - Forbes 11.08.20 462490
• Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from national climate legislation - Nature 13.07.20 462459
• The law that could make climate change illegal - BBC 08.07.20 462474
• These are the countries that have made their climate commitments law - WEF 13.11.19 462469
• What has the UK climate law achieved and where next? - Friends of the Earth 08.08.18 462492
• Report: Ranking of EU countries’ ambition and progress in fighting climate change - CAN Europe 06/18 462471
• Mapped: Climate change laws around the world - Carbon Brief 11.05.17 462457
• What happens when countries break EU environmental law? - Client Earth 08.12.16 462479
• The political economy of passing climate change legislation: Evidence from a survey - Science Direct 11/15 462462
• Meeting paper: Climate change and national laws across Commonwealth countries - e Commonwealth Secretariat 3-5 Oct 2015 462496
• The Government plans to break its own climate change law - Telegraph 28.07.12 462480